Trollhättan Assembly

Trollhättan Assembly
Partial view of Trollhättan assembly
Built	1947 (1947)
Location	Trollhättan, Trollhättan Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden
Coordinates	58.314°N 12.323°E / 58.314; 12.323
Industry	Automotive
Products	Cars
Employees	347[1]
Address	Saabvägen 5, SE-461 38 Trollhättan

Trollhättan Assembly is an automobile factory in Trollhättan, Sweden. The factory opened in 1947 under the ownership of Saab AB, then passing to Saab Automobile. From 1989 to 2010, the factory was partially (1989–1999), then completely (2000–2010) owned by General Motors.^[2] In 2010, Saab was sold to Spyker Cars. The plant ended production in 2011 and restarted in 2013, after the NEVS purchase of Saab Automobile. The Trollhättan complex, including the assembly, is now the sole site of all Saab engineering and manufacturing activities. After NEVS announced its closure in March 2023,^[3] the factory was sold to Stenhaga Invest AB, with both Polestar and EV Electra showing interest in buying the factory.^[4][5]

It was founded on the site of Trollhättan airfield, by the aircraft manufacturer Svenska Aeroplan Aktiebolaget (Saab AB), an aircraft manufacturer since 1937 and based in Linköping, Sweden. The first automobile off the line was the Saab 92, a front-wheel drive, two-stroke, transverse-engined passenger vehicle.

Former products

• Saab 9-3 Sport Sedan
• Saab 9-3 EV Sport Sedan (Based on the 2014 year model)
• Saab 9-3 SportCombi and Convertible
• Saab 9-5 Sport sedan and SportCombi
• Saab 92
• Saab 93
• Saab 95 Combi
• Saab 96
• Saab 99
• Saab 90
• Saab 900
• Saab 9000
• Cadillac BLS

References

1. Warburton, Simon. "SWEDEN: NEVS sticks to autumn Saab 9-3 relaunch date". just-auto. Retrieved 15 October 2013.^{[dead link‍]}
2. "GM Europe to Keep Sagging Saab Plant in Business". Ward's AutoWorld. Archived from the original on February 12, 2006. Retrieved 23 January 2006.
3. Gauthier, Michael (12 March 2023). "Saab's Ghost Comes Back To Haunt Once Again As NEVS Goes Into "Hibernation Mode"". Carscoops. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
4. Anderson, Brad (24 April 2023). "Polestar To Open New R&D Facility At Former Saab Factory". Carscoops. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
5. Aničić, Goran (25 January 2024). "EV Electra and the Saab Factory: Navigating the Future of the Emily GT Project". Saab Planet. Retrieved 2 February 2024.

See also

• Saab Automobile
• List of GM factories
• GM Europe